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we will not give genuine spending cuts because with this president to mike cuttingdown the republicans piece by piece a little bit at a time. this is their last stand outside atlanta. think of atlanta as american capitalism. if they give intonight, if they give in on monday and pass these tax increases, the president will get what he wants. there will be deficit reduction, and the next president will inherit the kind of situation that today characterizes come by once a greece, too extreme, but i would say italy. holy irresponsible fr any republican member of the house of representatives to vote for the package that mitch mcconnell is negotiating on their behalf without their leaders present. it is a ridiculous package. it does not work, and it will solve our long-term debt problems. gerri: i never have to guess at what you think. you are always clear isabela and entertaining. thank you for coming out tonight. have a great new year. >> happy new year. gerri: no votes in the house tonight. meanwhile, we go off the cliff tomoow. it does not applicable be a happy new year. our political pa
we will not give genuine spending cuts because with this president to mike cuttingdown the republicans piece by piece a little bit at a time. this is their last stand outside atlanta. think of atlanta as american capitalism. if they give intonight, if they give in on monday and pass these tax increases, the president will get what he wants. there will be deficit reduction, and the next president will inherit the kind of situation that today characterizes come by once a greece, too extreme, but...
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luke, it is your turn. >> well, toure, what mike said there is correct. if there's agreement out of the united states senate it is voted on tonight and the house tomorrow. a lot of folks in the house really view the deadline as 11:59 a.m. on thursday. that's when this congress by law has to adjourn. so between now and then we're going to get a back and forth, sequester delay and mike just spoke about. i want to say one thing which i think we're missing over here, guys. the fact to agree here in washington, d.c. about these numbers at $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, think about how much this is argued over over 10 years in washington. these tax levels. not just sunsetted later on, it's for couples and individuals permanently and a huge deal and what mitch mcconnell was trying to say, we have come to this agreement. voting to raise taxes. that's huge for republicans. don't scuttle it because of some hiccup over the sequester. now a lot of democrats who don't like this, they want the president to fight. remains to be seen is that can it pa
luke, it is your turn. >> well, toure, what mike said there is correct. if there's agreement out of the united states senate it is voted on tonight and the house tomorrow. a lot of folks in the house really view the deadline as 11:59 a.m. on thursday. that's when this congress by law has to adjourn. so between now and then we're going to get a back and forth, sequester delay and mike just spoke about. i want to say one thing which i think we're missing over here, guys. the fact to agree...
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hi, mike. >> hi. bret. we hear from the republican senators they are optimistic and hopeful that a vote can happen sometime, perhaps later tonight. senator mitch mcconnell e-mailed and said he thought the deal was done until the white house called to say the sequestered cuts should be turned off. since then, she trying to find a way to bye down months of the cut but says the tax issues shooting forward. >> we will continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending. but let's not let that hold up,be protecting americans from the tax hike that will take place. we can do this. we must do this. >> though it is down to the wire. >> it's december the 31. january 1 is tomorrow, 2013. taxes go up. >> frustrated senator john thune says the senate should have acted months ago to keep the u.s. economy going off the fiscal cliff. >> i find it really hard to sit and listen to people come up now and wring their hands and talk about gee whiz. i hope we can get something done on the last day. we put two people togeth
hi, mike. >> hi. bret. we hear from the republican senators they are optimistic and hopeful that a vote can happen sometime, perhaps later tonight. senator mitch mcconnell e-mailed and said he thought the deal was done until the white house called to say the sequestered cuts should be turned off. since then, she trying to find a way to bye down months of the cut but says the tax issues shooting forward. >> we will continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending. but let's...
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nbc's mike viqueira what are you hearing? >> eric cantor, the number two republican after john boehner, the speaker of the house voiced his lack of support. he will not support the bill that passed the senate last night. it was about 1:40 last night in the morning, 89-8. the senate passed it. they largely left town. they left it up to the house of representatives to decide what to do to avoid the fiscal cliff. the house must act on the senate bill and pass it if it's to come to the president's desk for his signature. the house leader said last night they will either do that -- first they will take time to look at it, talk about it. they will either pass it as it stands or amend it. evidently what we found out right now, the significant fact that the number two republican, eric cantor, known to be a conservative leader, of course, is going to oppose it, it's looking as though republicans in the house of representatives are leaning towards amending the bill. that means the senate now, largely out of town, would have to come bac
nbc's mike viqueira what are you hearing? >> eric cantor, the number two republican after john boehner, the speaker of the house voiced his lack of support. he will not support the bill that passed the senate last night. it was about 1:40 last night in the morning, 89-8. the senate passed it. they largely left town. they left it up to the house of representatives to decide what to do to avoid the fiscal cliff. the house must act on the senate bill and pass it if it's to come to the...
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hi, mike. >> hi, bret, good evening. democratic sources feel like there is a deal between the white house and congressional republicans to move forward on the deal. republican sources essentially vice president biden s up here to push it across the finish line. there are are some reluctant democrats who think that extending the bush tax cut should have a lower rate. they were hoping it would be only extended for are individuals making $200,000, couples making $250,000. all indications are are the number is going to be extended for those making up to $400,000 and $450,000. a compromise if you will and so bottom line the vice president has come up here to meet with senate democrats to it essentially push it across the finish line after a long day of negotiating with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. he told members earlier in the day he thought he had a done deal this morning and the white house called and said we want you to take the sequester cuts to domestic and defense spending off the table to get rid of them
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mike viqueira with more from capitol hill. mike. >> milissa, very interesting evening to say the least. so much activity. the vice president arriving on capitol hill, 9:15 eastern time. i guess about 2 1/2 hours ago. huddled with senate democrats, essentially selling them on the deal that he has struck with the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. an hour and a half later, the senator started to emerge, positive, optimistic signses from leading democrats in the senate. including chuck schumer, who too optimistically said we would have a vote before tonight or raise the possibility in the senate, we're only 2 2 0 minutes away, but the goal is to vote in the senate on the deal they have come up with. and schumer and many other senators have eamericai emerged anticipate having many democrat votes at all. many coming outside of their own meeting anticipate that they are sort of going to hold their nose and vote for this milissa, something in this bill for everyone to hate. and the question remains now, assuming sometime before dawn
mike viqueira with more from capitol hill. mike. >> milissa, very interesting evening to say the least. so much activity. the vice president arriving on capitol hill, 9:15 eastern time. i guess about 2 1/2 hours ago. huddled with senate democrats, essentially selling them on the deal that he has struck with the republican leader, mitch mcconnell. an hour and a half later, the senator started to emerge, positive, optimistic signses from leading democrats in the senate. including chuck...
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. >>> and senator mike crapo has decided not to fight the charges of his dui arrest which tests showed his blood alcohol was nearly twice the legal limit. >>> congressman chris van hallen said congress needed to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff by christmas. less than 48 hours until that cliff what does he think now? you are watching msnbc, the place for politics. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. >>> the self-imposed 3:00 p.m. deadline the senate came up with for a deal has come and gone which means without a last minute deal starting january 1st tax hikes and massive spending cuts will be in effect. extended unemployment benefits have ended. we will be live on capitol hill with the latest developments coming up in just a moment. before we take you over to capitol hill here are stories that we are monitoring for you to
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anybody, questions on the-- >> yeah, mike, it's beckel. mcconnell stayed out of this thing all along until he comes in at the last minute and i give him credit for trying it. at the last minute he drops in a reevaluation of the cross limit on entitlements which mired up the whole thing. we know full well you can't get that done in a day. why in the world is mcconnell messing with this thing. >> bob, you've probably been part of these high profile negotiations. >> i have. >> and dana mass. it's horse trading. bottom line, he probably wasn't happy with where the tax rate was going and said, well, this is something that would be good for our side. so, can we essentially save some money on the inflation rate in regards to perhaps social security. he says it's not a deal breaker. if they don't want this, we can drop it. and he essentially said, af been waiting 18 hours for a counter proposal from senate majority leader harry reid and so that's when mcconnell went to the bullpen and called the vice-president, his old buddy to see if they could c
anybody, questions on the-- >> yeah, mike, it's beckel. mcconnell stayed out of this thing all along until he comes in at the last minute and i give him credit for trying it. at the last minute he drops in a reevaluation of the cross limit on entitlements which mired up the whole thing. we know full well you can't get that done in a day. why in the world is mcconnell messing with this thing. >> bob, you've probably been part of these high profile negotiations. >> i have....
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. >> mike, how -- again, not to oversimplify this thing, but how did we get here? i think most folks following this fairly closely assumed that as is the case with a lot of things in washington, d.c. that at the 11th hour withere will ba deal that gets done. there are a lot of folks involved in the deal making saying, it won't happen this time. >> well, look. i think ari is right in one real respect which is they set this up, you know, more than a year ago as a way of trying to provide counter pressure to the political pressures that exist across the board on all of these lawmakers and these individual districts. they thought that the pressure, the scare tactic that they put on themselves of deep defense cuts on the one side and deep cuts to domestic programs on the other side forces everybody to the table. it clearly turned out that in the wake of the election we had, the pressures in their districts, the threat of being primaried especially on the republican side meant that folks aren't willing to move as quickly and put themselves in this bind. i've talked to a
. >> mike, how -- again, not to oversimplify this thing, but how did we get here? i think most folks following this fairly closely assumed that as is the case with a lot of things in washington, d.c. that at the 11th hour withere will ba deal that gets done. there are a lot of folks involved in the deal making saying, it won't happen this time. >> well, look. i think ari is right in one real respect which is they set this up, you know, more than a year ago as a way of trying to...
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mike, what is the latest you're hearing about a possible vote tonight, maybe not before midnight at this point, but sometime during the night? >> yeah, i don't think it will happen before midnight, just too many procedural hoops to jump through, and they haven't even completed writing the bill. vice president joe biden arrived, met with harry reid briefly, and walked into the second floor and into the caucus room where democrats had gathered. joe biden's mention to pitch this deal, to the caucus, one mention, if they're going to bring it up tonight. we talked about the senate and how slow it moves. it can move very fast, when they have unanimous consent, in other words, where every senator says it is okay to move forward. that will be the trick. there will be a lot of senators with a lot of things they don't like about this piece of legislation. both on the right and left. they will get this done. one way or another tonight. it will not happen before midnight. as you mention, the house of representatives is not going to do it. so technically, we'll go over the cliff. although tomorrow is
mike, what is the latest you're hearing about a possible vote tonight, maybe not before midnight at this point, but sometime during the night? >> yeah, i don't think it will happen before midnight, just too many procedural hoops to jump through, and they haven't even completed writing the bill. vice president joe biden arrived, met with harry reid briefly, and walked into the second floor and into the caucus room where democrats had gathered. joe biden's mention to pitch this deal, to the...
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mike emanuel has been following all of the developments with us tonight. it sounds like there won't be a vote tonight at this point because there's no deal at least on the senate side. >> that's right. senate majority leader harry reid said we should talk to vice president biden and mitch mcconnell. earlier republicans suggested changing the way inflation is calculated on changes like social security read offered this reaction late in the day. >> i was really grass fied to hear republicans taking command by social security set off the table. this should never have been on the table to begin with. there is still significant difference between the two sides negotiations continue. still time left to reach an agreement. >> meanwhile west virginia democrat joe mansion introduced the calm act trying to soften the blow as the country goes off the fiscal cliff. it would maphase in tax hikes or the years and prioritize spending cuts. he says he's frustrated and tried to do something. >> it was crossing the wires it's more than frustration it sounds like desperation
mike emanuel has been following all of the developments with us tonight. it sounds like there won't be a vote tonight at this point because there's no deal at least on the senate side. >> that's right. senate majority leader harry reid said we should talk to vice president biden and mitch mcconnell. earlier republicans suggested changing the way inflation is calculated on changes like social security read offered this reaction late in the day. >> i was really grass fied to hear...
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mike, thanks very much. >> arthel: we're going to the white house where president obama is holding firm to his demand and blaming republicans for the failure to reach a deal. the president also appearing on a political talk show this morning to make his case to the american people. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live at the white house. >> reporter: good to see you. first time the president did a sunday talk show since 2009 since he was pushing healthcare reform trying to sell a fiscal cliff deal. he is was on meet the press. republicans weren't happy with that appearance because he they felt he was blaming them. new development in the last hour or two, vice president biden has come back from delaware. he is now here at the white house. he has had two phone calls with mitch mcconnell. in previous budget battles, joe biden has been the closer on these deals. his coming back from delaware might be a sign they are moving a little closer. that will be something to watch. the whole thing about changing cpi and reining in cost of entitlements, republicans are judging in on that.
mike, thanks very much. >> arthel: we're going to the white house where president obama is holding firm to his demand and blaming republicans for the failure to reach a deal. the president also appearing on a political talk show this morning to make his case to the american people. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live at the white house. >> reporter: good to see you. first time the president did a sunday talk show since 2009 since he was pushing healthcare reform trying...
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oh, hey mike. what are you up to? oh, just diagramming this accident with my state farm pocket agent app. you can also get a quote and pay your premium with this thing. i thought state farm didn't have all those apps? where did you hear that? the internet. and you believed it? yeah. they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. where did you hear that? [ both ] the internet. oh look. here comes my date. i met him on the internet. he's a french model. uh, bonjour. [ male announcer ] state farm. more mobile than ever. get to a better state. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. >>> we're following two breaking news stories this
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what do you have to add that mike has already told us. >> well, mike viqueira is 12, 13 years of experience on capitol hill, so there's not much more to add after that. what i will say is i don't think that we can dismiss a lot of the anger on the republican side at the president's remarks today. i have gotten a ton of e-mails from republican aides saying the president is holding the middle class tax cuts that were agreed to hostage. i think if you take a step back, it's quite extraordinary that mitch mcconnell has agreed to $400,000 as a threshold. you think of all the partisan fights over what that number would be. but going forward, there seems to be a little anger amongst republicans saying that the president is not realizing how much they have already handed over. they're obviously in a much stronger negotiating position at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, but we have to caution you guys, the ink is not dry on any type of deal. the house is not going to vote on it tonight. they honestly believe the deadline could go until thursday at 11:59 a.m. by which this congress would have to adjourn leg
what do you have to add that mike has already told us. >> well, mike viqueira is 12, 13 years of experience on capitol hill, so there's not much more to add after that. what i will say is i don't think that we can dismiss a lot of the anger on the republican side at the president's remarks today. i have gotten a ton of e-mails from republican aides saying the president is holding the middle class tax cuts that were agreed to hostage. i think if you take a step back, it's quite...
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number one, i think tom pickrick and mike mullen who headed up the review board did a very thorough job in identifying what were some severe problems in diplomatic security. and they provided us with a series of recommendations. many of them were already starting to be implemented. secretary clinton has indicated that she is going to implement all of them. what i -- my message to the state department has been very simple. and that is we're going to solve this. we're not going to be defensive about it. we're no pretend that this was not a problem. this was a huge problem and we're going to implement every single recommendation that's been put forward. some individuals have been held accountable inside of the state department and what i've said is that we are going to fix this to make sure this does not happen again because these are folks that i send into the field. we understand that there are dangers involved. but when you read the report and it confirms what we had already seen based on some of our internal reviews, there was just some sloppiness, not intentional, in terms of how we s
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nbc's mike mccara is live at the white house for us. what's the expectation there? >> i think that white house officials are relatively confident that this is going -- that this thing is going to go through the house of representatives, and that is really a remarkable development in and of itself, chris, when you consider the fact that it was just ten days ago when the speaker of the houshgs john boehner, put that bill on the floor, plan b, that would have raised taxes on all individuals making more than $1 million. we know what happened. it crashed and burned. things punted to the senate, bringing us to the point we are today. now that threshold has moved considerably lower. it is considerably higher than many democrats, particularly from some on the left we heard from that are dissatisfied with the president and the deal that he has struck with the vice president and mitch mcconnell. they wanted it at $250,000. it's now at $450,000 for those couples filing jointly. the fact -- the mere fact that it passed with such an incredibly wide margin, 89-8 last night in the
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the injury forced him to miss a start but head coach mike shanahan says griffin's knee looked good in practice today and that he is growing more comfortable with the brace on his right knee. the cowboys are in a precarious but familiar position, having to win their last regular season game against the division forks on the road to get into the playoffs. this is the third time in the last five years they've had to do it. they lost in philadelphia in 2008 and in new york in 2010. they don't want to repeat that trend and go home. but players and fans alike know anything is possible in that thanksgiving day game tony romo threw for 441 yards and three second-half touchdowns in a loss. the fact of the matter is, in a smash mouth nfc east battle wearing at stake, anything can happen. >> this is one of the first rivalries you hear about when you join this team. it's a lot of pride behind this game. it will be one of those old- school knock-down drag-outs. the last man standing will feel like he lost, too, probably. >>> we're in day 104 of the nhl lockout. today a new offering to the players
the injury forced him to miss a start but head coach mike shanahan says griffin's knee looked good in practice today and that he is growing more comfortable with the brace on his right knee. the cowboys are in a precarious but familiar position, having to win their last regular season game against the division forks on the road to get into the playoffs. this is the third time in the last five years they've had to do it. they lost in philadelphia in 2008 and in new york in 2010. they don't want...
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mike, happy new year to you. >> happy new year. this is really incredible. the senate is moving at electric pace here. at least for the senate. now, you might think that's a funny thing to say considering these negotiations have dragged on since virtually the day after the election. everybody knew that this so-called fiscal cliff loomed. there was a lot of positioning and posturing all over the course of second half of november and leading up really up until the last few days when vice president biden received a call from the republican leader mitch mcconnell and at long last they got to serious negotiations. and just we're watching this vote as it happens right now. listening to the roll call. it appears that it's going to pass with overwhelming support in the united states senate. obviously we have technically gone over the fiscal cliff at this point. however, this will be retroactive to, what, an hour and 53 minutes ago on the east coast. so it would be no effect, with one big caveat, of course. next comes the house of representatives and nobody knows how
mike, happy new year to you. >> happy new year. this is really incredible. the senate is moving at electric pace here. at least for the senate. now, you might think that's a funny thing to say considering these negotiations have dragged on since virtually the day after the election. everybody knew that this so-called fiscal cliff loomed. there was a lot of positioning and posturing all over the course of second half of november and leading up really up until the last few days when vice...
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. >> all right, mike viqueira, stand by. we're going to kristen welker at the white house. >> i can tell you that president obama called majority leader reid and also pelosi over at the house, and they both agreed with this deal that we have been discussing throughout the night, this deal that would allow tax cuts to expire on those making $400,000 or more and $450,000 or more for couples, as well as extend unemployment insurance benefits. and it would stave off the sequester for two months through a combination of tax cuts -- or tax hikes i should say, those tax hikes that i just mentioned, as well as spending cuts. so those are the broad parameters of the deal. and again, president obama tonight calling harry reid, nancy pelosi to make sure that they both signed off on this deal, which they have. so now we have the vice president who is just arriving at the hill. he is going to sit down with the democratic caucus, sell this deal to the caucus, answer their questions, answer their concerns. but, again, the broad outlines of
. >> all right, mike viqueira, stand by. we're going to kristen welker at the white house. >> i can tell you that president obama called majority leader reid and also pelosi over at the house, and they both agreed with this deal that we have been discussing throughout the night, this deal that would allow tax cuts to expire on those making $400,000 or more and $450,000 or more for couples, as well as extend unemployment insurance benefits. and it would stave off the sequester for...
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mike shanahan has been an nfl head coach for two decades. he has playoffs, super bowls to his resume but he's never led a 3-6 team to seven straight wins to capture a division title, then again no coach in the current postseason format has. the skins stand alone and they will stay standing at least one more week, plenty of big performances to get them to this point. perhaps none big are than alfred morris last night -- bigger than alfred morris last night 2 , hundred yards on 33 carries, three touchdowns, breaking clinton portiss rushing record by nearly 100 yards. it's the skins first division crown since 1999, a proud moment for redskins nation as well as the head coach who always believed it was possible. >> it's so rewarding to come in and trying to put something together and seeing the guys so excited, the coaching staff so excited. it's what you work for and to see guys working for the last three years 18 hours a day in the draft room looking at pro players, eye vaulting these guys, signing these pay -- evaluating these guys, signing t
mike shanahan has been an nfl head coach for two decades. he has playoffs, super bowls to his resume but he's never led a 3-6 team to seven straight wins to capture a division title, then again no coach in the current postseason format has. the skins stand alone and they will stay standing at least one more week, plenty of big performances to get them to this point. perhaps none big are than alfred morris last night -- bigger than alfred morris last night 2 , hundred yards on 33 carries, three...
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so did mike lee, richard shelby, rand paul, chuck %a#zgrassley, o rubio, a tiny minority. the senate passed the fiscal cliff deal with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. it was 89-8. want to bring in jessica yellin at the white house. you, too, were up late early in the morning here. the president, how does he feel things are going? we went over the cliff but clearly there's still more work to be done. >> reporter: well, look, they're not coming out and talking so they're being careful and letting the process unfold as it needs to. but there's a sense here that this deal will get done. and that they have wrapped up this -- this part of the process will be wrapped up today, suzanne. and you know, i'd say that there's also a sense here that the president did get a win. that's the view from this end of pennsylvania avenue. there are many different views on the other end. the sense here is that, for example, this is as they're saying in their talking points the first bipartisan agreement to raise taxes on the wealthy in 20 years. now, that is, in fact, an accomplishment for a de
so did mike lee, richard shelby, rand paul, chuck %a#zgrassley, o rubio, a tiny minority. the senate passed the fiscal cliff deal with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. it was 89-8. want to bring in jessica yellin at the white house. you, too, were up late early in the morning here. the president, how does he feel things are going? we went over the cliff but clearly there's still more work to be done. >> reporter: well, look, they're not coming out and talking so they're being careful and...
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you heard what our reporter mike viqueira said a moment ago. the deal the vice president is offering and the different thresholds, 450 is the latest number we're aware of. the president discussed the issue of concessions. he has made so far. he did that in an interview yesterday on "meet the press." take a listen. >> the offers that i've made to them have been so fair that a lot of democrats get mad at me. i mean, offered to make some significant changes to our entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit. >> all right. we're just listening to a democrat, tom harkin, criticizing the deal so far. the question -- we're speaking specifically of the concessions, perhaps the $450,000 offer we're aware of coming from vice president biden. are the president and democrats caving too much? tom harkin is expressing that frustration. >> well, i think we're all frustrated about that. i think the american people, 60% to 70% of the american people believe the president was correct in setting the limits at 250 and 200,000 for individuals as the cap on
you heard what our reporter mike viqueira said a moment ago. the deal the vice president is offering and the different thresholds, 450 is the latest number we're aware of. the president discussed the issue of concessions. he has made so far. he did that in an interview yesterday on "meet the press." take a listen. >> the offers that i've made to them have been so fair that a lot of democrats get mad at me. i mean, offered to make some significant changes to our entitlement...
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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on where this all stands at this moment. we start with mike and i say "at this moment" because it has been every moment changing throughout the day. >> that's right. good evening to you. house republican leaders spent time behind closed doors with the members trying to figure out a way forward. the bombshell announce fire department the house majority announcement today was he does not support the compromise. house republicans are complaining about a deal they did not negotiate about the lack of spending cuts. >> consensus that we have to in some ways address spending. people told me, they would rather increase taxes but we need to cut spending. >> part of the problem is it includes $650 billion in tax hike with $15 billion in spending cut and that comes out to $1 in cuts in $41 in taxes. recognizing there will be trouble attracting support for the bill, vice president joe biden returned to capitol hill again today to encourage house democrats to support the compromise he negotiated. after the meeting, the house democratic l
chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on where this all stands at this moment. we start with mike and i say "at this moment" because it has been every moment changing throughout the day. >> that's right. good evening to you. house republican leaders spent time behind closed doors with the members trying to figure out a way forward. the bombshell announce fire department the house majority announcement today was he does not support the compromise. house republicans are...
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mike, let's get started with you. what's happening right now in the senate. i understand there's an update on the chained cpi. >> reporter: they say the darkest hour right before the dawn, melissa. everybody ought to hope that's true, at least if you don't want to see your taxes go up on midnight on monday and tuesday night because everything seems to be at a standstill right now. let's review the bidding. here it is from a republican source here on the republican side of capitol hill. all day yesterday they were trading proposals back and forth. by his count two democratic offers came back to republicans and four came back from republicans to democrats. the last one being at 7:00 last night, and, boom, after that, things pretty much came to a standsti standstill. no offers. republicans say they have not heard from democrats since then. mitch mcconnell, of course, the republican leader here in the senate, has said he has reached out to joe biden, the vice president, and not incidentally the president of the senate in that capacity. he has had a couple of conv
mike, let's get started with you. what's happening right now in the senate. i understand there's an update on the chained cpi. >> reporter: they say the darkest hour right before the dawn, melissa. everybody ought to hope that's true, at least if you don't want to see your taxes go up on midnight on monday and tuesday night because everything seems to be at a standstill right now. let's review the bidding. here it is from a republican source here on the republican side of capitol hill....
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wallace. >> i'm mike wallace. >> am i asking a tough question or a difficult question? nothing wrong with it, because you're in search of the truth, you hope. ♪ >> your name is john. >> yes, sir, boss. like to drink. >> welcome, you've got mail. >> keeping yourself fresh is a difficult thing, and finding things that are hard for you is something that you have to do or elts else you just repeat yourself. >> lift-off, america's first woman astronaut. ♪ >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ♪ >> it's time for america's favorite dance party, american bandstand. >> dick clark coming to you live from times square in new york city. ♪ >> so long. >> so long. >> for now, dick clark, so long. ♪ >> we'll all be remembering dick clark as we ring in the new year next week. that is the broadcast for friday night. i'll see you here this weekend. from diane sawyer and all of us here at abc, have a good evening. goodnight. >>> tonight the upside of wet weather, reservoirs set a high water mark. >> we're in the sierra tonight. more storm watch coverage.
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mike emanuel says he is hearing concerns from his source about the timing of these remarks. the fact that the president would come out and speak before a deal is really even done. >> reporter: this is the president trying to move the ball, trying to get it forward because, frankly, this has been a slow process as we have seen the past few days. now the senate is in the process of trying to finalize this deal. we are told through the reporting of ed henry and our producer on capitol hill. that the tax threshold, the cap where the tax would start at $400,000 for individuals, $450,000 for families or couples is set. but there are still sticking points. there are no spending dmuts this framework and the sequester that kicks in as of midnight tonight, those are across-the-board cuts deep on the defense department and domestic spending. that's not dealt with either as of yet in this framework. the president is not going to talk about a deal being done but one in the process of being done. there are a lot of hurdles in the next few hours, for one for to it come up in the vote in th
mike emanuel says he is hearing concerns from his source about the timing of these remarks. the fact that the president would come out and speak before a deal is really even done. >> reporter: this is the president trying to move the ball, trying to get it forward because, frankly, this has been a slow process as we have seen the past few days. now the senate is in the process of trying to finalize this deal. we are told through the reporting of ed henry and our producer on capitol hill....
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mike in little creek, california, independent line. what are your thoughts about this fiscal cliff process? >> my first reflection on this is that we seem to have a clear divide across partisan politics, when the actual divide is one of philosophy. do you want a larger government, or do you want a smaller government? do you want federalism, or do you want a republic. my ambition is to have a republic to give all that much power as possible to the state governments. let's get rid of this big federal oversight, this incredible deficit that has arisen as the federal government's has tried to assume almost a maoist implementation of their desires across the broad population. let the localities decide for themselves. it may be rather obvious. you cannot entertain everybody's desire to grab money from the federal purse, because that federal purse is the public purse, and that public purse reside across all elements of society, not just a national enterprise. >> that was miking california. the c-span capital producer also tweets regular updat
mike in little creek, california, independent line. what are your thoughts about this fiscal cliff process? >> my first reflection on this is that we seem to have a clear divide across partisan politics, when the actual divide is one of philosophy. do you want a larger government, or do you want a smaller government? do you want federalism, or do you want a republic. my ambition is to have a republic to give all that much power as possible to the state governments. let's get rid of this...
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mike viqueira is also with us this hour to bring us up to date. one of the points brought up by luke russert when he was speaking with representative latourette was the number that could support the bill as it stands right now, that number that representative latourette was just putting out there was 40 to 50. as we know, that magic number is 218. >> reporter: yeah. here is another number, 89. 89 people in the united states senate voted for this thing and one more number for you, richard, 5. 5 people voting against it. of the eight who voted against it in total were republicans. the thought was that such a strong vote with carry the day in the house of representatives. they would see the political and economic writing on the wall. evidently that's not going to happen or at least it's shaping up that way and the scenario that luke and i have been describing over the course of the last half hour is now taking shape where the house may be trying to vote tonight or tomorrow to amend this thing and then thereby throwing the entire question of a deal of
mike viqueira is also with us this hour to bring us up to date. one of the points brought up by luke russert when he was speaking with representative latourette was the number that could support the bill as it stands right now, that number that representative latourette was just putting out there was 40 to 50. as we know, that magic number is 218. >> reporter: yeah. here is another number, 89. 89 people in the united states senate voted for this thing and one more number for you, richard,...
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mike viqueira on capitol hill. i want to bring in the the chief deputy whip and i think you were able to hear mr. viqueira there saying representative rogers doesn't believe it will come up for a vote. and wouldn't make it through the house. do you agree? >> not necessarily. essentially what's happened with the speaker is didn't pass plan "b" and now delegated to the senate an enthe house republicans able to either vote for a tax decrease or vote no and look to democrats and some republicans to pass this. they have deniability and avoid the catastrophe of an economic meltdown. >> were you encouraged by what you heard from the president? were you encouraged? what did you think of the comments a short time ago? >> i was encouraged. two good things and a question mark. the good thing is political system's got to function and if they're reaching agreement, that's an agreement it's functioning. number two, the economy has to have some certainty. if we reach an agreement, it's good for the economy. this is like the colle
mike viqueira on capitol hill. i want to bring in the the chief deputy whip and i think you were able to hear mr. viqueira there saying representative rogers doesn't believe it will come up for a vote. and wouldn't make it through the house. do you agree? >> not necessarily. essentially what's happened with the speaker is didn't pass plan "b" and now delegated to the senate an enthe house republicans able to either vote for a tax decrease or vote no and look to democrats and...
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a proud moment for the redskins nation as well as the coach, mike shanahan who always believed it was possible. >> it is so rewarding to come in and try to put something together and seeing the guys so excited, the coaching staff so excited. it is what you work for. and to see guys working for the last three years 18 hours a day in the draft room looking at pro players, evaluating these guys, signing these guys and seeing alet of guys making different steps, learning the offense, defense and actually stepping up and accomplishing something, you feel very good about it. >>> redskins are on fox this sunday. a special pregame show is at 3:30. the fox pregame is at 4:00. the game kicks off at 4:30. >>> sorry ladies, alexander ovechkin is off the market. he is engaged to the russian tennis player maria kirolenko. he made the announcement on twitter yesterday. the two have been together for a year now and thanks to the nhl lockout, they have spent more time together lately because ovi has been laying on the ice over there. >> he has been really busy. >> keeping the love life going. >>> time
a proud moment for the redskins nation as well as the coach, mike shanahan who always believed it was possible. >> it is so rewarding to come in and try to put something together and seeing the guys so excited, the coaching staff so excited. it is what you work for. and to see guys working for the last three years 18 hours a day in the draft room looking at pro players, evaluating these guys, signing these guys and seeing alet of guys making different steps, learning the offense, defense...
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mike shumann is heading to pasadena to cover the rose bowl. the reports will air tomorrow on here on abc 7. >> and time forest for the 49ers after wrapping up their second division title yesterday. a 27-13 victory at arizona that caps niners regular season at 11, 4, one. nfc meaning the 49ers will get a first round bye in the playoffs. get to watch this up upcoming weekend. the head coach says coaches rb working to try to prepare for this week as well, players will get a couple days off. >> i hope they rest their minds and bodies. they've got to be really important. you know? celebration willjhk! be after e super bowl. not new year's eve. >> harbaugh said niners will consider bringing in new kickers. he has been erratic this season, and missed two more field goals yesterday. as for raiders they fired four assistant coaches today after the sill skprer black missed playoffs for the 10th gleer a row. coaches got their pink slips. raiders dismissed special teams coordinator, offensive line coach and line backers head. the head coach said, quote,
mike shumann is heading to pasadena to cover the rose bowl. the reports will air tomorrow on here on abc 7. >> and time forest for the 49ers after wrapping up their second division title yesterday. a 27-13 victory at arizona that caps niners regular season at 11, 4, one. nfc meaning the 49ers will get a first round bye in the playoffs. get to watch this up upcoming weekend. the head coach says coaches rb working to try to prepare for this week as well, players will get a couple days off....
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let's turn to mike florio, "pro football talk." mike, take us through the day's biggest injuries. >> last week the falcons locked up the number one seed in the nfc. they decided to play their starters anyway in week 17, and two of their starters suffered injuries on sunday. defensive end john abraham in the fourth quarter sprained an ankle, mri on monday. i'm told it's not currently believed to be serious. in the first quarter of the same game, deunta robinson suffered a head injury. they have not yet applied the concussion level to dunta robinson. the coach will update his condition on monday. for the vikings, quarterback antoine winfield suffered a fractured hand last week, tried to play with it this week, aggravated it in the first half, left and did not return. >> all right, mike, thanks. folks, you can tune in to "pro football talk" every weekday at 5:00 p.m. on the nbc sports network, presented by chevrolet. and a reminder to catch "the dan patrick show" weekdays from 9:00 until noon eastern. washington defeats dallas, and in
let's turn to mike florio, "pro football talk." mike, take us through the day's biggest injuries. >> last week the falcons locked up the number one seed in the nfc. they decided to play their starters anyway in week 17, and two of their starters suffered injuries on sunday. defensive end john abraham in the fourth quarter sprained an ankle, mri on monday. i'm told it's not currently believed to be serious. in the first quarter of the same game, deunta robinson suffered a head...
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karen, is she still miked? >> yes, i am. got one more day. >> you think you are going to have big news to report tomorrow? >> somehow i don't think so. karen let me explain something to you. you want to say yes. there will be huge news. >> i'm going to be watching you for huge news about what happens in the white house tomorrow. >> coming up, there will be my prediction of who will win the senate seat in massachusetts. i am ready to pick a whipper in that race. tweet me your guess s. you ckacan tweet your guess s at who will win the race. the guys in the vatican, don't want other guys to be married. if they are gay. hat time of yea. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magi
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mike is at the white house. let's start with you. the consensus around the hill is that we are more likely than not to go over the fiscal cliff, but there is a small chance harry reid could take a house pass bill and amend it and send it back over to the house. what are you hear being that? >> conceivably, but when the president lights upon the south lawn and the marine one later this morning, it's unclear why he is coming back and who will be here with him. as you mentioned, speaker boehner remains in ohio where he is from. he is not coming back to washington. neither is the house of representatives. they simply said it's up to harry reid in the senate. is he preparing a bill? there was a lot of talk of small ball. a bill to allow taxes to go up on everybody or at least couples that make more than $250,000 a year. $200,000 with single filers. harry reid said he is not going to prepare a bill unless mitch mcconnell allows it to come for a vote for a simple majority. they are seeking assurances that he won't try to block it. for his p
mike is at the white house. let's start with you. the consensus around the hill is that we are more likely than not to go over the fiscal cliff, but there is a small chance harry reid could take a house pass bill and amend it and send it back over to the house. what are you hear being that? >> conceivably, but when the president lights upon the south lawn and the marine one later this morning, it's unclear why he is coming back and who will be here with him. as you mentioned, speaker...
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mike rogers said the bill holds personnel levels at last year's level. dutch ruppersberger said the bill invests in programs that are working and cuts things that are not. the house meets today at noon eastern. watch the house live on c-span tv. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> a lot of people that i know looking back on the last 40 years will say that ever since apollo, the space program has been a jobs program. how many jobs can we get in your district, in your state? the space shuttle passed by one vote because it was passed all around the country. we had people working different -- working in different places. i can tell you some pretty brutal stories about the politics that get involved in our space program. and it's "bring home the bacon," and the bacon is jobs because jobs get votes, and votes keep a congressman or senator in office. >> tuesday night at 8:00, apollo astronaut buzz aldrin on the past and future of space exploration, followed at 9:00 with a debate on responding to a nuclear iran. and at 10:40,
mike rogers said the bill holds personnel levels at last year's level. dutch ruppersberger said the bill invests in programs that are working and cuts things that are not. the house meets today at noon eastern. watch the house live on c-span tv. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> a lot of people that i know looking back on the last 40 years will say that ever since apollo, the space program has been a jobs program. how many jobs can we get in your...
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chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has more. mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax increase. but what we haven't dealt with again is the spending component. jay we just can't afford -- >> we just can't afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. keeping it that way means folks you sent to washington have to do their jobs. the housing market is healing, but that could stall as folks are seeing smaller paychecks. >> with time running out, it sounds like conservatives may have to fight spending when raising the debt ceiling is the new fight in the new year. harris? >> mike, democrats
chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has more. mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue...
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mike? >> delta airlines joining the other major carriers, can receiving a number of flights due to storms. here's the thing, though. the airlines are probably as well positioned as they've been in a long time. if you are willing to tread there, i'd buy this one. >> drop for jpmorgan, down 1%. anthony? >> you know, i love this name long-term. it's got a great balance sheet relative to the other financials and with where housing is right now, i think jpmorgan is going to have a good year and don't fight the fed on this one. >> drop for u.s. steel. x was down 2%. mike murphy? >> down 2%. what i consider a healthy pull back. this whole sector's had a nice rally on positive china data. so, i think the stock is just pulling back a little bit more than 2% today, but still in a bullish formation. >> and we have a drop here for presents. a drop for presents? tired of tube socks? sick of scarves? here's a problem that many people face. what do you do with the unwanted holiday gifts? more than 350 use
mike? >> delta airlines joining the other major carriers, can receiving a number of flights due to storms. here's the thing, though. the airlines are probably as well positioned as they've been in a long time. if you are willing to tread there, i'd buy this one. >> drop for jpmorgan, down 1%. anthony? >> you know, i love this name long-term. it's got a great balance sheet relative to the other financials and with where housing is right now, i think jpmorgan is going to have a...
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joining us now with the latest on the negotiations is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> the talks have shifted from the top two senators negotiating to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell trying to strike a deal with joe abide den. the senate majority leader left the capital shortly after making this comment about republicans trying to change the way inflation is measured on entitlement. >> i was really gratified to hear republicans taking their demand for social security benefit cuts off the table. truth is they should have never been on the table to begin with. they are still significant distance between twot sides and negotiations continue. still time left to reach an agreement and we can continue the negotiations. >> the senate is due to return tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. republican negotiator mitch mcconnell said he was concerned about a lack of urgency on the side of democrats. >> willing to work with whoever, whoever can help. there is no single issue that remains an impossible sticking point. the sticking point appears to be a willingness, an interest
joining us now with the latest on the negotiations is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> the talks have shifted from the top two senators negotiating to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell trying to strike a deal with joe abide den. the senate majority leader left the capital shortly after making this comment about republicans trying to change the way inflation is measured on entitlement. >> i was really gratified to hear republicans taking their demand for...
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chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has more. mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue piece. hopefully we can rescue most americans from a tax increase. but what we haven't dealt with again is the spending component. jay we just can't afford -- >> we just can't afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy. keeping it that way means folks you sent to washington have to do their jobs. the housing market is healing, but that could stall as folks are seeing smaller paychecks. >> with time running out, it sounds like conservatives may have to fight spending when raising the debt ceiling is the new fight in the new year. harris? >> mike, democrats
chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has more. mike, you just got new details 23r* mitch mcconnell. what are they? >> that's right. discussions have been taking place all day. both sides have been trading paper, ideas and that talks continue. we understand legislative staff will continue working into this evening. meanwhile, huer is a fair and balanced look at where things stand. >> i do think that something will happen over the next few days relative to the revenue...
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it's mike viqueira. the question is, did the president know and as charles krauthammer outlined, you know, that he was going to crush the republican opposition, listen. i'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. i wrote about this two days after the election. what the president has done is take a battlefield victory and pursued the enemy in the woods and routed them. the advisers know that john boehner could not, cannot, would not pass a bill in the house of representatives to raise tax rates. john boehner came out the day after the election and tried to preempt that. he knew it was coming and trying to raise revenues closing loopholes. we won't raise tax rates, however. the president has compromised. he's gone from 250 to 400. he's changed some other things. he put the social security benefit reductions on the table. the so-called chain cpi and they knew all along -- i don't know if this was third intention or overt thinking but they're very smart people and no wriggle room, no flexibility for john boe
it's mike viqueira. the question is, did the president know and as charles krauthammer outlined, you know, that he was going to crush the republican opposition, listen. i'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. i wrote about this two days after the election. what the president has done is take a battlefield victory and pursued the enemy in the woods and routed them. the advisers know that john boehner could not, cannot, would not pass a bill in the house of representatives to raise tax rates....
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mike emanuel kicks off our fox team coverage live from washington. harry reid said negotiations continue. where do we stand? >> senator reid seemed to be looking ahead to tomorrow's schedule. talks continue but a deal is not implement. another said there's a chance one could be reached tonight. harry reid and mitch mcconnell are the key players. he sounded frustrated after not receiving a counter-offer. a key member of the leadership team offered this update. >> offeringses and discussions between and we remain hopeful that will get a breakthrough. obviously what happened here between the two leaders in the senate had broken down because the senate democrats failed to come forward with a counter offer to the proposal the republicans made last night. hopefully the discussions between the.and senator mcconnell will get us on track. >> republican aides recognize the consequences if it falls apart. everybody gets a tax increase in 48 hours. >> well, it's less than 48 hours now. i'm wonder, are the democrats fighting among themself? >> there's a battle ov
mike emanuel kicks off our fox team coverage live from washington. harry reid said negotiations continue. where do we stand? >> senator reid seemed to be looking ahead to tomorrow's schedule. talks continue but a deal is not implement. another said there's a chance one could be reached tonight. harry reid and mitch mcconnell are the key players. he sounded frustrated after not receiving a counter-offer. a key member of the leadership team offered this update. >> offeringses and...
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thank you so much, mike emmanuel. we will check back in with you. >> quick break and then much more on the fiscal cliff. and the rogue nation iran engaging in war games this new year's day. the country test firing weapons near a critical piece of real estate. a live report from the middle east straight ahead. >>> welcome back. we just heard from the democrats in the house asking for a straight up or down vote on the senate's version of the fiscal cliff bill. the number two republican in the house of representatives just speaking out. we are just getting word that he has told the republicans in the house that he is opposed to the senate's version of this bill, and that could be critical. so let'sok at what this could mean for your bottom line. first of all the bill as it stands right now, the one passed in the senate would end the payroll tax cut, hikes taxes on income above $450,000 a year for families. it makes the alternative minimum tax patch permanent. it also extends unemployment benefits for the long-term jobles
thank you so much, mike emmanuel. we will check back in with you. >> quick break and then much more on the fiscal cliff. and the rogue nation iran engaging in war games this new year's day. the country test firing weapons near a critical piece of real estate. a live report from the middle east straight ahead. >>> welcome back. we just heard from the democrats in the house asking for a straight up or down vote on the senate's version of the fiscal cliff bill. the number two...
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our colleague fox news's mike emanuel, reported from a senate democratic leadership, basically there is no time to ping-pong proposals say senate democrats. speaker was appraised throughout the negotiations and they're basically saying if they change this bill, republicans will be solely responsible for the largest tax hike in american history. so right now there are still plenty of republicans who have major issues with this bill. they want significant spending cuts. it is up to republicans now. if they decide to add spending cuts to this proposal and possibly kill this deal? or do they swallow the pill and take the vote on the house floor that the senate passed last night, diane. >> rich, for those maybe a little busy recovering from their new year's eve celebration, if you can recap for us what the main points in the senate's proposal are and what some of the sticking points of the republicans could be? >> actually, diane, i just got some breaking news here from a republican leadership aide. the speaker presented members a couple options. first would make an amendment to the senat
our colleague fox news's mike emanuel, reported from a senate democratic leadership, basically there is no time to ping-pong proposals say senate democrats. speaker was appraised throughout the negotiations and they're basically saying if they change this bill, republicans will be solely responsible for the largest tax hike in american history. so right now there are still plenty of republicans who have major issues with this bill. they want significant spending cuts. it is up to republicans...